Tires
Le Mans Master
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From: Gilbert Arizona
Michelins
I replaced the Goodyear (run craps) with Michelin A/S Pilot ZP tires on my C6 and they were awesome. I will never go back to GY tires. I must admit that, living in AZ, I don't have to worry about cold temps though. 
Team Owner
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From: Swansea IL
BTW I'm selling my OEM Michelin's and buying A/S tires for my C7.
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Drifting
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Because the Corvette is a sports car and anything less than an extreme performance summer tire is a compromise. All Corvette's competion have the same thing, extreme performance summer tires.
All season tires = doesn't do anything well! why would I want those on a world class sports car?
Back in the day, and I'm sure I'm far from the oldest one here, you put winter tires on in November and your summer tires back on in late March, early April. All Season tires on a sports car is an abomination.
All season tires = doesn't do anything well! why would I want those on a world class sports car?
Back in the day, and I'm sure I'm far from the oldest one here, you put winter tires on in November and your summer tires back on in late March, early April. All Season tires on a sports car is an abomination.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Gilbert Arizona
Michelin A/S
The Michelin A/S I put on my C6 were light years better than the Goodyear Summer Only tires. Not even close. Since I don't track my cars I think the Michelin are terrific. The handling is superb.
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From: Northeast MA & Mad Beach FL
To each their own, but I have Michelin Pilot Sport A/S Plus ZP tires and they're great for all year round and perform the same all year round.
No they don't perform as well in Hot weather like a Summer only tire but they're not designed to
And with a Summer only tire, unless it's Hot All the Time ... then it's not going to perform like it's designed to either.
IMO, they're Great at one thing, but not all the time.
I liked my OEM GY's when I was using them, when it was Hot weather.
But in New England that is usually only for a short time in the middle of Summer.
The other 75-80% of the time they suck.
It's a trade off.
A/S tires do what they're designed to do All the time.
Summer only tires do what they're designed to do but only in Hot Weather.
Take your pick, it's like the old Manual vs Auto debate, no right or wrong, it's what suits you best
No they don't perform as well in Hot weather like a Summer only tire but they're not designed to
And with a Summer only tire, unless it's Hot All the Time ... then it's not going to perform like it's designed to either.
IMO, they're Great at one thing, but not all the time.
I liked my OEM GY's when I was using them, when it was Hot weather.
But in New England that is usually only for a short time in the middle of Summer.
The other 75-80% of the time they suck.
It's a trade off.
A/S tires do what they're designed to do All the time.
Summer only tires do what they're designed to do but only in Hot Weather.
Take your pick, it's like the old Manual vs Auto debate, no right or wrong, it's what suits you best
Safety Car
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From: CHOCOWINITY NC
Yeah, The GY's were not very good tires. The New Michelin Runflats are worlds better..
Racer
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From: Macon Georgia
St. Jude Donor '08
The reality is that a given tire is selected on how that tire best fits the Corvette engineers specs for the vehicle. The specs for the tire are developed based on what they want the car to do and how they want it to respond. Those specs are then given to multiple tire makers. There is a head-to-head competition that determines the OE fitment. Then you throw in the politics of price and availability and we see the results on the car.
Never doubt that any tire is a work of compromise:
Sticky = less wear
High mileage = less sticky
Less noise = less traction
All season = less dry traction
Soft ride = less handling
Great handling = rides hard
and on, and on....
Never doubt that any tire is a work of compromise:
Sticky = less wear
High mileage = less sticky
Less noise = less traction
All season = less dry traction
Soft ride = less handling
Great handling = rides hard
and on, and on....